Kingdom Rush Vengeance TD 9+

When I saw that this was coming out I immediately pre-ordered it. The teaser looks action packed and, like all the other Kingdom Rush games, it looked fun. I downloaded the game and selected normal mode. You get to play as the bad guys, which is great, because it adds an even bigger opportunity for another Kingdom Rush after this one. My only complaint is that it’s missing the encyclopaedia which is a bit of a bummer because I liked being able to look back and see the enemies that I’ve faced and laugh at the ones that I thought used to be “tough”. It’s not worth taking a star away for, but it’s certainly something. When I got the game I bought the dragon, Beresad. I always buy the hero that looks the best, because they always help loads with the game. I like the new upgrades style, where you can choose a path. It adds more choice. I was slightly disappointed to see that there is only one tower upgrade path to go on. (On ly one selection for lvl 4) but once again, you made up for it by adding different towers to the game, that are dark knights, etc.
All in all, I am loving this game. I noticed that it adds and additional amount of challenge from the other Kingdom Rush games. It’s much more difficult, but that makes it even better. I do love a bit of challenge and frustration in a game. Well, I have loved this game so far, and I would recommend it to all strategy game lovers. Thanks!

I was really looking forward to playing the bad guys and it hasn’t disappointed me in terms of heroes, towers or stages. This is a good sequel to the other 3 games, although the change in towers took me a bit of getting used to. I love the new graphics and the fact I can zoom in on the map, but I was a bit sad that there are no extra campaigns as in the other games once you’ve finished it... I’m hoping they will be an update or maybe a future game won’t be too far away?! The two-part finale was a challenge, and it and I was excited by the hint at a future game in the cliffhanger at the end!

One addition I *really* like is the status bar on achievements that require a certain number of kills/special moves etc, so now I can see how far off I am from getting that achievement. I just gave up on some achievements in previous games because I couldn’t tell how far off I was from getting there so I just got bored. The status bar gives me a bit more impetus to complete them all!

I wish there was a proper pause button rather than just settings (I’m worried I will accidentally hit exit or something). I play this on my commute so pause is useful for when it needs to go back in my handbag... but my wish list is pretty minor to be honest.

I never thought you could top the last kingdom rush, but you did! The new towers now add a new strategy element with how much gold you have! (Even if a few towers are overpriced) I love the revamped upgrade system and the new shop! Honestly, bringing in a lot of characters seen before was an excellent idea.

A few downsides though are that I think one too many towers (and heroes?) are locked behind paywalls, I think if there were more free towers (which you could unlock after you beat the campaign or something idk) which could open up a lot more gameplay options. And also, there is no encyclopaedia, which is actually quite upsetting because it was actually real good that you could go back and check each tower and enemy type there were. Even though it may have not looked like it, it helped me defeat a lot of enemies which special abilities I had forgotten.